A Virginia man who has self-identified as a leader in the Ku Klux Klan was sentenced Tuesday to almost four years behind bars for plowing his truck through Black Lives Matter protesters over the summer.
KKK member who drove through BLM march sentenced to jail
Harry Rogers, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, was sentenced to five years in jail for driving his truck through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Henrico last summer. About two years of that jail time was knocked off the sentence due to time already served and suspended sentences. In court Tuesday, Rogers apologized for his actions and said he wished he acted differently. Rogers, 37, pleaded guilty last week to three counts of assault, one count each of destruction of property, and one count of hit and run.
Virginia KKK Leader Harry Rogers to Have Sentence Reduced on Appeal For Driving into Protest
On 2/5/21 at 12:33 AM EST
A Ku Klux Klan leader who deliberately drove into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Virginia last summer will receive a reduced prison sentence after appealing his conviction.
Harry Rogers, 37, was found guilty of driving into the protesters with his truck in June 2020 and sentenced to six years in prison in August. He appealed his sentence and on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges that carry a maximum sentence of only five years in exchange for four other charges being dropped, according to